Central Southland College’s new education platform appears to be delivering in spades following its introduction three years ago.

Principal Stephen Dick said the school’s shift from traditional year-long subjects to a semester-based system, focused on student engagement and real-world application.

Over the past three years, the model has led to record-breaking results, including 14 NCEA scholarships in a single year.

The school was now in the consolidation phase to evaluate its success

‘‘We’re looking at what we’re doing and making sure it’s working because what we wanted to do was improve student engagement.

‘‘So we wanted to see kids turning up and being part of school and wanting to be here ...…